Hi Julie The default options for segmentation are to use the included SPM tissue probability maps, which are in MNI/ICBM space. You should be fine to use icbm_spm2tal.m to convert points. Jonathan On Wed, Mar 18, 2009 at 5:32 PM, Julie E McEntee <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > I did not set a template during normalization. I chose Normalise: Write, using the *seg_sn.mat (from segmentation of the T1) as Parameter File and a*.img files as Images to Write. > > I am wondering if it is OK to be using icbm_spm2tal.m to convert the coordinates into Talairach space. > > Thanks, > > Julie > > Julie E. McEntee, M.A., C.C.R.P. > Senior Research Program Coordinator > Department of Psychiatry- Neuroimaging > Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine > 600 N. Wolfe St./ Phipps 300 > Baltimore, MD 21287 > Phone: 410-502-0468 > Fax: 410-614-3676 > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: David M White <[log in to unmask]> > Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 9:30 am > Subject: RE: [SPM] fMRI results in MNI or ICBM space? > To: Julie E McEntee <[log in to unmask]> > > >> What do you have set as your template image during normalization? >> >> David M. White >> Program Coordinator >> University of Alabama at Birmingham >> Psychiatry - Behavioral Neurobiology >> Neuroimaging and Translational Research Laboratory >> Sparks Center 501F >> (205) 996-9813 >> [log in to unmask] >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: SPM (Statistical Parametric Mapping) [ >> On Behalf Of Julie E McEntee >> Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 7:59 AM >> To: [log in to unmask] >> Subject: [SPM] fMRI results in MNI or ICBM space? >> >> Hello List, >> >> I am using SPM5 to preprocess/analyze my fMRI images. The following are >> the preprocessing steps I use: >> >> 1) realign (mean only) >> 2) slice timing (interleaved aquisition, TR = 2, no gap) >> 3) coregistration estimate T1 and mean functional >> 4) segmentation of T1 >> 5) write normalize using parameters generated by segmentation >> 6) smooth using 6 6 6 kernel >> >> Are the smoothed images in MNI or ICBM space? >> >> Thank-you for yor help, >> >> Julie >> >> Julie E. McEntee, M.A., C.C.R.P. >> Senior Research Program Coordinator >> Department of Psychiatry- Neuroimaging >> Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine >> 600 N. Wolfe St./ Phipps 300 >> Baltimore, MD 21287 >> Phone: 410-502-0468 >> Fax: 410-614-3676 >